[olug] Handhelds/wearables

[Benjamin Watson]

How about the Open Pandora:

http://www.openpandora.org/


On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 9:16 PM, John Hobbs <john at velvetcache.org> wrote:
> I love my Nokia N770, the N810 predecessor, but it isn't a full fledged
> computer.  You surf the web, read books, and play games. That's about it.
>
> - John Hobbs
>
> john at velvetcache.org
>
> http://www.velvetcache.org/
> http://www.ouruno.com/
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Christopher Cashell <topher-olug at zyp.org>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Luke Dashjr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
>> > Netbooks don't fit in my pocket, and are being phased out by Intel (AMD
>> has
>> > never had an interest).
>>
>> The smallest 7" ones come pretty close to pocket sized, depending on
>> the size of your pockets.
>>
>> As for their future, I definitely wouldn't be writing them off right
>> now.  New ones are being released almost every few weeks, and they're
>> selling quite well.  Intel is still making the Atom CPU, and has a
>> roadmap showing multiple future revisions.  I've seen nothing at all
>> to even suggest they're being phased out (the closest I've seen was an
>> article a few days ago suggesting that Intel is seeing them as a
>> complement to Notebooks, not a replacement).  And, while AMD isn't
>> making a Netbook specific CPU, it is making a couple of 'ultra mobile'
>> notebook CPUs, and expects that the CPUs will see some use in
>> Netbooks.  Either way, whether they're being made in 5 years or not
>> shouldn't have a big impact on what you buy now.
>>
>> If a Netbook won't work, and you're not interested in a Nokia N810,
>> there's very litlte left in the way of options in that size.  About
>> the only ohter ones I know of are the Wibrain UMPC ($600+, hard to
>> find), or the OQO ($1300-$2700).
>>
>> --
>> Christopher
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